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to rctrc.'il to tlie shanty or strifid on tlic bar for ri lonp 

 lioin". till (he tide chbs so lli.it tlicy can rc-cntcr. As 

 llic 1(1.1(1 lies hctwrcn llic Mild lloU' and (Iravcl, and 

 so no shoot iiiL; can hi- (I( me at cither (hiring the passage, 

 il is dciidc'd to stand it otit. Usually <'n hciiii^ driven 

 when till' ( irav't'l is nnlenanled they "Heet" thither. At 

 lii^h tide, when the wind hlows Iresh, the hirds an' 

 sUippini; ahoni preltv lively, and some very j^ood shots 

 are iiUelv lo lu- made. A lloik of ahont twenty brant 

 drew near llu- Mnd Mole, and was i^reetod by a sahitc 

 of six j^iins, and si-ven dead were lelt to be gathered, 

 beside one "wiiiL; li|)," which t;ave Washy a hard pnil 

 to overhanl. 



As soon as the tide i-hhed so thai the North T.ar coiild 

 be baili-d out, the party it' enli-r, |)nt out decoys and 

 proceed lo hiisiness; nor were they loiij; idle. "Is that 

 a little black cloud or Hock of birds away down there 

 towaid llarwich r(iint?"asks II. Keno. althont^h re- 

 markably vij^'ilant. is not particularly h)np;'- sighted, and 

 did not at Inst take in ^be situation; but after a while 

 the little spot, as it moved slowdy aloji,t^. ap])arently 

 close to the waliM-, attracted his i-ye. "Oh. yes, 1 see," 

 and the little dark elond j;re\v bij;i;er and bij^j^er as 

 nearer and nearer it came. "Yes. il is a kar<;c Hock of 

 branl i-oniint; rii;hl for onr bar." j^ixini; Ihe decoy hne 

 a jerk at the same lime. On. on they come. "Down, 

 down!" he cries, and two of (he beads (hsappear. 

 "They are now very near," be continues. "There they 

 swini;' aronnd ; now we ha\'e llu-m; they are all in the 

 water." The (wo beads, after a few minutes of awful 



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